Only the Finest Quality Audio
We have four rather diverse albums for you this week. I feel like we say that a lot, but just look at them! The styles are all over the place! But that’s just how we like it, and hopefully you do too. We also talk a little bit about getting Metal as HD audio.
Reviews:
After the Burial – Evergreen (Sumerian)
The Damned Things – High Crimes (Nuclear Blast)
Abnormality – Sociopathic Constructs (Metal Blade)
Rain to the Sound of Panic
We don’t know what the weather has been like where you are, but where we are in NJ and MA (USA), we have had crazy heavy storms day after day. They don’t last long, but they have been wreaking havoc in certain areas. We mention THIS early on in the show, so see it for yourself. Oh, and bonus kudos to anybody that gets the show title without googling it.
Soreption – Monument of the End (Sumerian)
Crossfaith – Ex_Machina (UNFD)
Within the Ruins – World Undone EP (eOne)
The One
Somehow Brian made it this far into the year without rating an album with a ‘1’. If you’ve been listening, you know there have been plenty of albums he did not enjoy, but he found something redeeming enough to warrant a ‘2’. Well – spoiler alert – that streak ends this week. Which album gets the low score? Listen and find out…
Reviews:
The Faceless – In Becoming a Ghost (Sumerian)
Glassjaw – Material Control (Century Media)
MouthBreather – Pig EP
(Side)Showcase: Duality
Ch-ch-ch-changes
We have talked about the evolution of a band’s sound or sudden shifts in style many times before on this here show. Well guess what? Those discussions happen again this week, based on varied examples. You have been warned.
Reviews:
Exhumed – Death Revenge (Relapse)
Enslaved – E (Nuclear Blast)
Veil of Maya – False Idol (Sumerian)
In Search of Sun – Virgin Mother Funk (Spinefarm)
Well, at least one of your hosts was not really into this week’s albums. The other hosts’ opinions varied. They did agree, though, they liked the First Impression and they love the Deftones live…but you knew the latter part from the few times they were reviewed before.
Reviews:
Exist – So True, So Bound (Prosthetic)
Suffocation – …Of the Dark Light (Nuclear Blast)
Bear – /// (Basick)
First Impression:
The Faceless – “Black Star” single from Sumerian Records
Live Review:
Deftones & Rise Against w/ Thrice at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY on June 13, 2017
